The two sides spent most of the year lining up support behind the scenes.

They also hoped that the President would line up Republican support for the program.

The board needs to line up support for a strong stand to extract concessions from the custodians' union.

Democrats, meanwhile, began lining up internal support for the measure.

He had been preparing for the race all year, lining up support and devising a strategy.

He was busy today trying to line up support.

But industry groups have already lined up powerful support from influential lawmakers.

He did so by lining up support among the cabinet members and the White House staff first.

The group was expected to continue negotiating with the nation's largest insurance companies in an effort to line up financial and legal support.

"There is no vacancy in the office and I'm not sitting on the phone lining up support," he said.